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Lucretia Borgia

CHAPTER VII
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Adriana is the daughter of the Pope's cousin, Pedro de Mila, deceased, with whom your Excellency was acquainted.
When the table was cleared, which was between three and four o'clock in the morning, the bride was presented with the gift sent by the illustrious Duke of Milan; it consisted of five different pieces of gold brocade and two rings, a diamond and a ruby, the whole worth a thousand ducats.

Thereupon I presented your Highness's gift with suitable words of congratulation on the marriage and good wishes for the future, together with the offer of your services.

The present greatly pleased the Pope.

To the thanks of the bride and groom he added his own expressions of unbounded gratitude.

Then Ascanio offered his present, which consisted of a complete drinking service of silver washed with gold, worth about a thousand ducats.


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